Brass, Reeds, and Percussion (September 8, 2018)
During the 19th century, popular music wasn’t played on the typical instruments of the 20th century rock band: guitars, keyboard, and drums. Instead popular music was more typically performed on wind instruments, such as the cornet. Jean Baptiste Arban lived from 1825 to 1889 and was the cornet virtuoso of his day. Perhaps his most famous composition is the “Carnival of Venice,” but he also wrote a method book for playing the cornet and saxhorn, still used by cornet players to this day. Although the exercises in the method book are technical, some are also melodic. The Chestnut Brass Company has arranged these into quickstep, which opens today’s edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion.
- Jean Baptiste Arban Memorial Quickstep
Composer: Jean Baptiste Arban (1825-1889)
Performer: Chestnut Brass Company
Album: Pastime with Good Company
- Yea Alabama (circa 1926)
Composer: Ethelred Lundy "Epp" Sykes (1905-1967)
Performer: Hit Crew
Album: College Fight Songs
- War Eagle (1955) & Glory
Composer: Robert Allen (1927-2000) and Al Stillman (1906-1979)
Performer: Auburn University Marching Band
Album: Auburn University Marching Band (2011-2012
- March of the Drafted Division
Composer: Semeon Chernetsky (1881-1950)
Performer: Leningrad Military District Headquarters Band
Album: Winner's Marches
- Prima Donna Waltz
Composer: Louis-Antoine Jullien (1812-1860)
Performer: Chestnut Brass Compnay
Album: Pastime with Good Company
- 80s Culture
Composer: Various, arranged by Thiemo Kraas (1984- )
Performer: Germany Army Band Ulm
Album: Euphoria
- In the Still of the Night (1937)
Composer: Cole Porter (1891-1964)
Performer: Chestnut Brass Compnay
Album: Pastime with Good Company
- A Musical Journey Through New Orleans
Composer: Various, arranged by Paul Murtha (1960_ )
Performer: U.S. Army Concert Band, with Huntsville's very own Harry Watters (1962- ) playing trombone
Album: High Speed
- Over the Rainbow (1939)
Composer: Harold Arlen (1905-1986) & E. Y. Harburg (1896?-1981)
Performer: Global Kryner
Album: Global Kryner
- You'll Never Walk Alone
Composer: Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
Performer: J.W.F. Miitary Band
Album: Crendentium
- When You Believe (1998)
Composer: Stephen Schwartz (1948- )
Performer: J.W.F. Miitary Band
Album: Crendentium